Out & About
Architecture Retail Vancouver, Canada
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Description
Out & About is a boutique retail store in Vancouver’s historic Gastown neighbourhood. The store’s co-founders, friends: Cecilia, Sheila, and Angela all share a love for Japanese culture. The store’s retail goods are the fruits of their extensive travels throughout Japan: a plethora of uniquely beautiful objects and wares for everyday life.
The design of the space itself draws from the minimalist spirit of the Japanese aesthetic; composed of simple product displays and rendered with a modest palette of white and wood.
The existing stair which connects to the lower level was transformed by curving its guard; its bright red colour connects to and celebrates the color of the store’s historic front door. As one descends the stair to the lower level, a perfect circle is inscribed into stair’s side wall to reveal the building’s masonry foundation, from circa 1889; a gesture to the past from the present.
Details
| Project size | 139 m2 |
| Completion date | 2018 |
Project team
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Seng Tsoi | |
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STA Office Architecture | Interior Design |